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*rfal 



2. Curved, crooked. 



" #ae to <9%aZ bdnki, aur chdl bdnki ghoridn. 

 " Mard to muchhal bdnM, naini bdnki gondii" 



A cow's glory her horns, and a mare's her paces ; 

 A man's his moustaches, a woman's her eyes. 



" Dhauli tang dhobind, aur bhuri munchh sandr. 

 ' Tin jdton led kyd puchhnd — jo bdnki tang kumhdr. 



White legs, the washerman's wife; brown moustache, 

 the goldsmith. 



Bandy legs, the potter: what need to ask their three 

 castes ? 



ifal, bdngd, adj., curved, crooked. 



11 Bhint kyon bdngi, balm kyon ndngi." 



Why is the wall crooked and the wife naked ? 

 (Because the cotton crop has failed and there is not 

 enough even to make a plumb line). 



^X\bdngru, adj., unirrigated, dependent on rainfall (of land or 

 soil only). 



*fa bdnjh, n.f., barren. 



Wfa, bant, n.f., fodder. 



*f^t« bdndi, n.f., a maid-servant (among the Rdhghars like 



Hagar). 



" Sat mat hdr eh bdwre, sal hare pat jd. 

 c< Sat ki bdndi lachhmi, phir milegi d." 



Don't lose righteousness, fool: if you lose it respect 

 goes too. Riches are the handmaiden of righteous- 

 ness and will come again. 



*fa bans, n.f., bad smell, stench. 

 *T*nfh bdkri, n.f., twisted anklet going over instep. 

 *T#, bdkU, n.f., grain cooked with sugar, given to women who 

 come to sing on auspicious occasions. 



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" Jaisi teri bdkli, waisd mhdrd git. 



Our song will be according to your offering 



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Famine comes from the Bdgar as evil from the Brah- 



